End of 'harrowing experience'

SHANGHAI: Hong Kong, Macao, Tokyo, Chejudo, Ryukyu Islands, Manila. Li Maosheng didn't expect to visit these places but had to because he had to transfer flights there on way from the mainland to Taiwan or vice versa.

Traveling between Shanghai, where he set up a plastic glove-making venture in 1994, and Taipei used to be a harrowing experience for him. To make matters worse, he had to spend more money and time.

The chairman of Shanghai Sunmax Enterprise yesterday said he was stranded several times in Hong Kong because of typhoons.